Each morning MSSP Alert broadcasts a quick lineup of news, analysis and chatter from across the global MSSP (managed security services provider) ecosystem.

Here’s the lineup for Friday, May 19, 2017:

7. Hacker Negotiations? Yes: Would you negotiate with a hacker — and agree to rather interesting terms — in order to safeguard your customer data? Hmmm… Here’s what Zomato did while facing that exact question.

2. IoT Security: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is holding a Cybersecurity Framework Workshop this week at its headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland, JDSupra reported. The workshop will explore issues related to its widely used Cybersecurity Framework.

1. Countdown to Launch:Yup. We wrote this blog on Friday, May 19 — just a bit before MSSP Alert’s anticipated launch day later this month.